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[Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. E. Dortch Incipit: 55555 55671 33332 Used With Text: Ask, Seek, Knock!
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Ask, Seek, Knock!

Author: Rev. W. T. Dale Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Ask, for the Father is ready to hear Refrain First Line: Ask, seek, knock Used With Tune: [Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]
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Ask, Seek, Knock!

Author: Rev. W. T. Dale Hymnal: Grace and Glory #18 (1882) First Line: Ask, for the Father is ready to hear Refrain First Line: Ask, seek, knock Languages: English Tune Title: [Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]
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Ask, Seek, Knock!

Author: Rev. W. T. Dale Hymnal: Golden Rays #81 (1882) First Line: Ask, for the Father is ready to hear Refrain First Line: Ask, seek, knock Languages: English Tune Title: [Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]
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Ask, Seek, Knock

Author: Rev. W. T. Dale Hymnal: Sweet Fields of Eden #92 (1882) First Line: Ask, for the Father is ready to hear Languages: English Tune Title: [Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]
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W. T. Dale

1845 - 1924 Person Name: Rev. W. T. Dale Author of "Ask, Seek, Knock!" in Rich in Blessing
W. T. Dale

D. E. Dortch

1851 - 1928 Composer of "[Ask, for the Father is ready to hear]" in Rich in Blessing Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893) Choice Songs (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1894) Gospel Voic­es (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: South-West­ern Pub­lish­ing House, 1895) Gospel Voic­es No. 3 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Da­vid E. Dortch, 1902) Hymns of Vic­to­ry, Parts 1 and 2 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1905) Happy Greet­ings to All (Char­lotte, North Car­o­li­na: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1916) © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
D. E. Dortch